Euphorbiaceae
Shining spurge
Euphorbia lucida
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Euphorbia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Belarusian
- Малачай глянцавіты
- Bulgarian
- Лъскаволистна млечка
- Czech
- Pryšec lesklý
- Dutch
- Wilczomlecz błyszczący
- English
- Shining spurge
- German
- Glanz-Wolfsmilch
- Polish
- Wilczomlecz błyszczący
- Russian
- Молочай глянцевитый, Молочай блестящий
- Slovenian
- Bleščeči mleček
Synonyms
- Euphorbia androsaemifolia (Haw.) Steud.
- Euphorbia esula var. triumfetti (Bertol.) Nyman
- Euphorbia lucida f. angustifolia (Tausch) Slavik
- Euphorbia lucida f. leiocarpa (Tausch) Slavik
- Euphorbia lucida var. androsaemifolia (Haw.) K.Koch
- Euphorbia lucida var. angustifolia Tausch
- Euphorbia lucida var. esulolucida Andrae
- Euphorbia lucida var. latifolia Wimm. & Grab.
- Euphorbia lucida var. leiocarpa Tausch
- Euphorbia lucida var. linearifolia Wimm. & Grab.
- Euphorbia lucida var. salicifolia Wimm. & Grab.
- Euphorbia triumfetti Bertol.
- Galarhoeus androsaemifolius Haw.
- Galarhoeus lucidus Rydb.
- Keraselma lucidum (Waldst. & Kit.) Raf.
- Tithymalus lucidus Klotzsch & Garcke ex Garcke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Filippov , with modifications by the uploader, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Kurz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.